August 2012
“For the lounge-singer role played in both the show and the film by Julee Cruise,...”
– Alex Pappademas, nailing an imagined Twin Peaks reboot.
WatchYou have to watch the last 10 seconds of this video, of the President shaking hands with this year’s Olympic Dream Team.
"Los Angeles: Some of our hookers actually grew up... →
Fucker.
Clarification.
That Rushfield quote I posted last night is getting reblogged — I just want to be clear I posted it as an example of everything I disagree with when it comes to sentiments about Los Angeles. I don’t mean to single Richard out. He’s a friend and I feel like he appreciates this kind of honesty. But his paragraph is reflective of a widespread fallacy about this city. Every time I...
Anonymous asked: LA is a cautionary tale of what could happen to ALL small towns in America if we don't start thinking about the future of urban planning.
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In response to your nonsense.
Enough. At the very palpable risk —in fact, despite the certainty— of coming off cheesy and probably pointless as well, I am going to take on all your terrible notions about Los Angeles, all at once. They’re all wrong. Los Angeles is not some sprawling soulless metropolis. Los Angeles is a small town. It’s always ever been a small town, and the fact that three million...
“If you work in the entertainment industry and you are successful, then there is...”
– I am concerned for the future of Richard Rushfield’s new website.
“I write that I used to be william morris agent and I’ve dealt with...”
– Cassian Elwes handles a crazy violent guy on a plane.
WatchMy friend Chris made this documentary, on how more and more filmmakers are giving up on film stock and shooting their movies on digital media. It’s now available on iTunes and Amazon Instant and I recommend you watch it.
I like to think he put on his own greatest hits... →
Specifically, the obvious track.
Check out Alissa Walker's photo essay on kayaking... →
A few months ago I emailed a bunch of friends asking if they wanted to do this. They were too scared.
Public broadcasters
Does anyone know the rules on public broadcasters and sponsorship? Something like they can take sponsorship but they can’t sell ads? Yes, I tried Googling it.
WatchHot day.
“The last ordinary member of the House to be elected vice president, and the last...”
– Nate Silver
How I imagine it went down.
“So you’re going to sit back, relax, and Andrea will stick these on your forehead and your temples. They connect to this machine here, and then back out to connectors on my head, and what’ll happen is I’m going to download all of your thoughts into my brain.”
“Um, wouldn’t it be easier to, I don’t know, just make me your running mate?”
...
Tacos al pastor . . . are Lebanese. →
Washington Post:
In the 1930s, Lebanese immigrants to the Mexican state of Puebla turned the Middle Eastern kebab into tacos arabes — lamb, later pork, tacos wrapped in pita bread. Their rotisserie spit was a hit. Then, in the 1950s, it was employed to create the Mexico City classic: tacos al pastor.
How about that.
